The Virginia Military Institute football team concluded a historic season with a 31-24 road loss to top-ranked James Madison University (6-0) in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in the rain on Saturday afternoon.
In the opening week of the high school girls tennis season, Rockbridge County split a pair of Valley District matches while Parry McCluer lost 8-1 to Pioneer District rival Narrows on Thursday.
The Rockbridge County High School boys tennis team opened the season with a pair of Valley District losses, falling to Harrisonburg 6-1 last Wednesday at the Lexington Country Club courts before coming up short at Turner Ashby 5-4 on Friday.
The Rockbridge County High School golf team’s two state qualifiers, senior Garret Huffman and sophomore Paul Russell, both finished in the top 20 at the Class 3 state tournament on Monday of last week at Glenrochie Country Club in Abingdon.
After about three decades of coaching football, Parry McCluer High School head football coach Mark Wheeler has decided it’s time to step away from the sidelines.
After achieving the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in any sport last Wednesday, the Southern Virginia men’s volleyball team bowed out to Benedictine on Thursday, falling 3-2 in the Division III national semifinals at the Salem Civc Center.
RC JUNIOR attackman John Brooke fires a shot on goal during the Wildcats’ 17-3 loss to Western Albemarle. Brooke scored RC’s first goal and had an assist. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photo)